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Metallic Hydrogen is Produced for The First Time!
serf
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This is suppose to be a big game changer for society however the pressures required to crush into it's metallic form is tremendous with high energy use to produce at this stage.
serf
https://www.yahoo.com/news/hydrogen-turned-metal-change-world-205955795.html
It literally took dropping liquid hydrogen to almost absolute zero and crushing it between two diamonds at thousands of times the pressure of Earth's atmosphere, but. here we are. They've created metallic hydrogen. The next step is to ease the pressure and see if the theory that once made metal, hydrogen stays that way at "room temperature" holds.
If it does, then, not to oversell it or anything, but basically the entire course of human history has been irrevocably shifted. Metallic hydrogen is, in theory, a room-temperature superconductor. In a normal conductor, like a copper wire, there's resistance - think of it like pouring chocolate syrup through a sieve. No matter how fine the sieve, or how slick the wires, some of that syrup is going to stay behind.
serf
https://www.yahoo.com/news/hydrogen-turned-metal-change-world-205955795.html
It literally took dropping liquid hydrogen to almost absolute zero and crushing it between two diamonds at thousands of times the pressure of Earth's atmosphere, but. here we are. They've created metallic hydrogen. The next step is to ease the pressure and see if the theory that once made metal, hydrogen stays that way at "room temperature" holds.
If it does, then, not to oversell it or anything, but basically the entire course of human history has been irrevocably shifted. Metallic hydrogen is, in theory, a room-temperature superconductor. In a normal conductor, like a copper wire, there's resistance - think of it like pouring chocolate syrup through a sieve. No matter how fine the sieve, or how slick the wires, some of that syrup is going to stay behind.
Comments
Absolute zero is a reference to Kelvin. It converts to about -450 degrees F.
Atoms stop moving.
Does the Hindenburg have any precautionary tales that may apply?
Although, drop one tablet in some liquid oxygen and see what happens. Might be great for camping.
Tannerite II Big Brother[;)]
Getting the temp down, and the pressure up was key to the transformation.
Hydrogen was the last gas to made to liquidify. And the temp. needed to reach was was within a few thousandths of absolute zero.
Some interesting stuff.
Margaret Thatcher
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics."
Mark Twain
bring it on. i wanna see a Warp Drive built sooner than later[:D]
then we could go to Jupiter and mine for more